Fodder-carrier.



G. A. WIRT. FODDB'R CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED DEO. 2, 1912.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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GEORGE A. WIRE, or GEEENSBUEG, INDIANA.

IEODDER-CARRIEB.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

Application led December 2, 1912. Serial No. 734,454.

To aZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. WIRT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Greensburg, in the county of Decatur and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Fodder-Carrier, of which the following isa specification.

The obj ect of my invention is to produce a detachable rack for use uponfarm sleds or wagons by means of which an enlarged carrying capacity maybe produced for carrying corn fodder, etc., the construction being suchthat the sides of the vehicle are left unobstructed so that the stalksmay be readily placed from the side of the vehicle.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sled equipped with my improved racksand Fig. 2 a longitudinal section.

In the drawings, 10, 10 indicate the side bars of the vehicle, said sidebars, in the structure shown in the drawings, forming the runners of asled. The bars 10, 10 are connected front and rear by cross bars 11,11,and at intermediate points are connected by cross bars 12, 12. Securedto the inner face of each bar 10 is a longitudinal ledge 13, the purposeof which will appear.

My improved rack consists of two identical frames each of whichcomprises two side bars 14, 14 having their lower corners at one endpreferably beveled as indicated at 15, 15. The two bars 14, 14 areconnected across their upper edges by cross bars 16 and 17 and areconnected across their lower edges by cross bars 18 and 19. Secured tothe vertical face of each member 14 near its outer or upper end, is apost 20 which is secured in such relationship that when the rack is inposition upon the vehicle the posts will stand substantially vertical.

In placing the improved frame in position upon the vehicle, the beveledends 15 of the bars 14 are projected downwardly and inwardly between apair of cross bars 11 and 12 of the vehicle so that cross bar 17 of theframe engages cross bar 12 of the vehicle and cross bar 18 drops inalongside of cross bar 11 so that the frame is held against longitudinaldisplacement. This inserting movement of the frame brings the beveledends 15 of the side bars down upon the ledge 18, thus preventingdownward movement of the inner end of the frame and downward movement ofthe outer end of the frame is prevented by the bars 14 resting upon bar11. Upward movement of the inner end of the frame is prevented by theinner ends of the bars 14 lying under bar 12. K

By this construction it'will be seen that the sides of the vehicle areleft entirely free and open while the posts 20 form ample support for aconsiderable quantity of corn stalks or other similar material.

I claim as my invention:

A farm sled fodder carrier comprising the combination of a pair of mainside bars 10 which are also sled runners, a substantially horizontalledge 18 carried by each side bar on its face toward the other side bar,two cross bars 12 connecting the two side bars and located substantiallyover the ends of the ledges, two other cross bars 11 located near theends of the side bars and connecting them; and a pair of detachable endframes each comprising a pair of oblique members 14, a pair of uprightmembers 20, cross bars 17 and 18 connecting said side bars and locatedon their upper and lower sides respectively, and the cross bars 16 and19 which brace the oblique members 14 and the upright members20'together, each of said detachable frames when in place having itsside bars 14 extending between the side bars 10 and over the cross bars11 and under the cross bars 12 and resting on the ledges 13, v

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

